May 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

kdeeject defunct processes
by Sunny 19 May '05

19 May '05

Hi, SuSE 9.1 with KDE 3.4 here. I noticed, that every time I press the eject button on my DVD drive, in the process table I receive a defunct process kdeeject. They never die. Even kill -9 from root does not kill them. I found some article in google about defunct processes (ironically it is from SCO :) ) and it says that these processes does not receive signals from their parent process, and they will die when the parent exits. So, I checked my process tree, and it appears that these kdeeject processes are children of suseplugger. If I exit suseplugger the defunct processes are gone as well. I was wondering if someone else sees this behavior? Cheers Sunny

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[SLE] LDAP and evolution
by Philip Washington 19 May '05

19 May '05

I appear to be having a problem with getting addresses from our LDAP server. I am currently using evolution 2.0.2 and can create the address list, but whenever I click on the list I get an error -------------------------------------- Error loading addressbook. We were unable to open this addressbook. This either means you have entered an incorrect URI, or the LDAP server is unreachable. ------------------------------------------- I am able to connect to the LDAP server using KAddress and was able to connect using evolution 1.4 , but whenever I have tried a system with evolution 2.01 or 2.0.2 I get this message. Whenever I click "Find Possible Search Bases" it returns with the correct search base . I'm kind of at a loss as to why it seems to work in these other apps but not on evolution 2+

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Suse 9.3 - Squirrelmai & PHP - SOLVED
by Jim Flanagan 19 May '05

19 May '05

To follow up on my earlier post, I was having problems getting Squirrelmail to work on Suse 9.3. I installed PHP5. I could bring up the login screen, but after login everything was blank. I read at squirrelmail.org that SM version 1.4.3 was fixed to work with PHP5. The version shipped with 9.3 is 1.4.2. So, I downloaded SM 1.4.4 from here... http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat=3&search=squirrelmail&srodzaj=3 (not specifically a Suse rpm) Upon installing this rpm, got messages about crossing conflicts with PHP5 and PHP4, so I aborted that install, uninstalled PHP5 and installed PHP4. This did not change the "blank" screen behavior. (Still with Suse 9.3 SM 1.4.2 rpm). So, Installed the 1.4.4 rpm and all works fine now, with PHP4. I think it will work the same with PHP5, but haven't tried that, and not really compelled to change at this point. Hope this helps someone. FWIW... -- Jim Flanagan linuxjim at jjfiii.co

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Kernel problems
by perlcgi2000 18 May '05

18 May '05

Every so often KDE kicks me out and returns me to the login screen. This time I check var/log/messages and found this: May 18 19:34:10 linux kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00896714 Followed by a whole bunch of stuff that seems to be Kernel related. Is there something I can do to repair my Kernel ? (or upgrade it maybe ?) Thanks, Digsy Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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KWiFimanager NFG again!!!
by James Knott 18 May '05

18 May '05

I've recently installed SuSE 9.3 on my ThinkPad. And for the fourth time, KWifimanager doesn't work (it also didn't work in 9.0, 9.1 & 9.2). This time, when starting it, I get the error message "KCrash: Application 'kwifimanager' crashing... *** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption (fast): 0x0819cde1 *** Unable to start Dr. Konqi" Also, the Wifi config panel in the Control Center, which uses the same config screen as kwifimanager can now save, but has absolutely no effect on the wifi configuration. It apparently saves the info to /root/.kde/share/config/kcmwifirc, but the wifi config is stored in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-id-00\:20\:e0\:8a\:a6\:ce. There appears to be no mechanism to effect the changes. Is there any way to get this to work as intended? Why, after all this time and at least four versions, can't KDE & SuSE make something that works???

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9.3 mini distro question
by Harry Giles 18 May '05

18 May '05

I downloaded this about a week ago, but I don't know if you can use it for an upgrade from 9.2. Also, I think it is missing certain software, but I am not sure what. Anyone have any experience with this? TIA Harry G

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installing 9.3 and use NT PDC for authentication
by Sunny 18 May '05

18 May '05

I really hit the wall here. Just as experiment, I'm installing from scratch SuSE 9.3, minimal config, no graphics. Everything went OK, rebooted, and I'm going through the initial YaST config. What I have done so far: 1. Disabled firewall (I remember some problems with firewall and browsing a windows network) 2. In the network config, set a name for the host, and domain name, which is exactly like the domain name I provided by the NT PDC on the local network. 3. Went through package updates 4. Now, on the user authentication method, I select Samba 5. It asked to install samba-client, went trough YaST, everything looks OK. Now, on the SAMBA workgroup screen, There is only one field available for edit: Domain or Workgroup, and the Browse button. The "Also Use SMB Information for Linux Authentication" is checked, but is greyed out, so I can not change this. The problem is, that the Browse button does not find my domain. The list is empty. And if I type in manually the name of the domain in the box, and hit "Next", I receive: Error Cannot use workgroup 'MYDOMAIN' for Linux authentication. Enter name of a domain or disable using SMB for Linux authentication. But MYDOMAIN is the name of the domain. It works on all other Win machines arround. If it helps, the PDC is NT 4.0, with latest SP. Any suggestions? Or the installer logic is wrong, and I have first to finish the install without setting up a user, then to setup samba-client correctly, and then to play with the authentication? Cheers Sunny

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Downloading 9.3 Live on a 1mb/s Wifi hotspot
by Sean Rima 18 May '05

18 May '05

Hello SuSE, Been at work since 5am and only just finished, which explains why I cannot work this out. Roughly how long would it take to download the live version on a wifi connection of 1mb/s Sean -- ICQ: 679813 YAHOO: thecivvie Jabber: thecivvie(a)jabber.org AIM: tcobone Vodafone +353879120530 Winamp is stopped

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Re: [SLE] HP Pavillion ZV5000 (AMD64) (SOLVED)
by Art Fore 18 May '05

18 May '05

The modprobe.conf modification fixed it. The nvidia driver works fine and the display looks very good, not as good as my Dell 1920X1200 though. Art clarkt(a)cnsp.com wrote: >>I downloaded and installed the latest nvidia 7174 driver for amd-64. >>Still same problem with nvidia driver, it locks up and is a blue-green >>splotchy background with a few horiz line running through it. Screen >>resolution is set to exactly LCD 1680x1050 which is what the screen is. >> >>What version of the driver are you using? At home on my desktop amd-64, >>the 7174 driver works find and is running Lcd 1600x1200 resolution. >> >>Art >> >>Matt T. wrote: >> >>>On Wednesday 18 May 2005 12:02, Art Fore wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Installed Suse 9.3 on this machine, but the screen looks terrible, so >>>>much so that one can harly read the fonts. Changed the fonts to Aria >>>>which helped some, also seem to be better with anti-aliasing which is >>>>unusual for an LCD display. Resolution is 1680X1050, also a little ODD. >>>>Had to remove the mode lines and display lines referencing 1024X768 to >>>>force it to that though. This is poorest display for that resolution >>>>that I have seen. Is this normal or is there anything that can be done >>>>about it? >>>> >>>>Also, the Nvidia driver will not work with it. X just locks up with a >>>>fuzzy display. It is using the "nv" driver. >>>> >>>>Art >>> >>> >>> I have a HP Pavillion ZV5000, and the display is crystall clear and >>>sharp, >>>with SuSE 9.2 and 9.3. >>> >>>BUT you have to set the screen resolution to *exactly* the native >>>resolution >>>of your LCD (not Linux or SuSE specific probelm, but that is how these >>>LCDs >>>work.) >>> >>>Normally yast does it automatically for you, but with all the new >>>resolutions >>>and notebooks coming up, not all hardware infos are already in the >>>monitor >>>database used by yast and sax2. >>> >>>No need to play with modlines though. Don't forget, you are using SuSE, >>>and >>>the SuSE people had been so nice to make sax2 to do that dirt work for >>>you. >>>SuSE's sax2 does that all that modline stuff for you. >>> >>>Start sax2. Then select LCD (or Vesa) as monitor and select your >>>resolution. >>>If it is not there, then add it (under resolution and colors somewhere.) >>>On >>>my installation the resolution 1680X1050 is there in sax2, under LCD. >>>BTW, I >>>recently explained that in detail in the suse-amd64 list. >>> >>>The default fonts in KDE had been a little small here, but again that is >>>easy >>>to set in KDE. >>> >>>The autoinstall of the nvidia driver from SuSE's you does not always >>>work, if >>>the downloading of the driver from the nvidia website has a hickup. Do >>>it >>>yourself, that should work. >>> >>>HTH, >>>Matt >>> >> >>-- >>Check the headers for your unsubscription address >>For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com >>Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com >>Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com >> >> >> > > > > In the /etc/modprobe.conf add the line: > options nvidia NVreg_Mobile=0 > >

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mouse
by Marek Pawinski 18 May '05

18 May '05

Hi I opened froozen bubble on my laptop and it frooze so i killed it (kill -9 <process>, but the my USB wheel mouse stopped working, i rebooted and no joy, only the touch mouse works. I have tried all the USB mice options in yast2 but on each reboot the mouse is dead and i have to get it going manually again. Seems it was originally set to ps2. Any one had this ? Marek

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